Art Essays

Madame Defarge was a symbol of destruction: her archetype was destruction. Although she could have been an avenger, her methods and sympathy for others proves her to be a destroyer, as she destroys the innocent, her own humanity, and she does destroy herself. She does what she can to destroy …

Witches: “Fair is foul, and fair is foul,” (I, I, 10) Comment: This introduces the idea of deceptiveness of appearances throughout the whole play. King Duncan: “What [the Thane of Cawdor] hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” (I, II, 79) Comment: King Duncan calls Macbeth noble even though later he …

Peter Randall-Page has carved two complementary works. Created on a large scale, these intricate, organic forms are revealed in all their detail and draw our attention to the tiny fragile shapes that exist in the forest. The sculptures are placed under trees which they then reflect the balance in the …

Ermine- symbolizes truth, fidelity, mischief making. Often associated with the aristocracy or royalty. lamb- symbolizes humanity, peace, and innocence. The lamb represents Christ as the Lamb, and also Christians as the flock. Cat- symbolizes shrewdness, treachery, trickery and watchfulness. Often associated with Satan, witchcraft or sorcery. Unicorn- symbolizes purity, harmony …

Richard II, by William Shakespeare, is a play about a King whom is a poor chose in spending his countries wealth, separated from his subjects, and makes unwise decisions for counsel. Richard II then begins to lease land to wealthy noblemen and takes the money from a deceased uncle to …

Symbolism is a concept the author Shirley Jackson doesn’t seem to take lightly. Her short story “The Lottery” is teeming with objects and concepts that don’t show the reader their true meaning without a little digging. Three of the symbols that are very important to the story are the black …

One of the most celebrated paintings in the Robert Lehman Collection, this jewel-like representation of the Annunciation is set in an architectural interior constructed according to a rigorous system of one-point perspective. The panel was almost certainly commissioned as a private devotional image, not as part of a larger structure. …

Wilde published his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, before he reached the height of his fame. The Picture of Dorian Gray with being an immoral tale. It also succinctly sets forth the tenets of Wilde’s philosophy of art. Devoted to a school of thought and a mode of …

Still life is a type of painting. It’s a picture of objects that don’t move. The artist looks at objects, like vases, fruit, bottle’s flower’s and studies the way the light hits the objects, the shadow’s and the shape. Archie Forrest is a Scottish artist, who was born in 1950. …

The theme for my gallery exhibition will be fluxus. The art movement/ theme “fluxus” originated in the 1960’s. Similar to the theme “art and the quotidian object”, which means art of the everyday (found) object(s). Fluxus loosely translates to flow or change in many different languages. In comparison, Fluxus has …